SpaceX launches flight-proven rocket for 600th time, sending Starlink satellites to orbit
15-07-2026 00:00 via space.com

SpaceX launches flight-proven rocket for 600th time, sending Starlink satellites to orbit

SpaceX reached a milestone with its latest Starlink launch, sending the satellites into orbit on its 600th flight of a flight-proven booster.The sexacentennial launch came on the second of two Falcon 9 missions that lifted off less than eight hours apart overnight from Monday to Tuesday (July 13 to July 14). The first flight, with Starlink batch 15-14, launched at 9:28 p.m. EDT (0128 GMT or 6:28 p.m. PDT local time) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.Th
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